We’re All Melting! Melllltinggggg …
Hotter Than the Summer of ’99. We hit 102 yesterday, shattering the 1999 record by four degrees. Today? A balmy even 100. [Inquirer]
Phillies GM Amaro’s “Not as Good as Pat Gillick.” The slow-to-trade Phils boss says so himself as the injury-hobbled team loses to the Braves 6-3. [MLB]
Nutter’s Apparently More Than Just Talk and a Badge. Crowing about a tax amnesty program that netted the city $60 million, Mayor Nutter waved his police badge (?!?) around yesterday and vowed to collect even more of “our damn money” from Philly deadbeats. [CBS3]
Gaming Board Wants to Keep Pa. Treasurer Out of Meetings. Because Robert McCord is elected and takes donations from the gaming industry, board members say, his attendance at closed-door sessions could lead to “erosion of the public’s confidence in the board’s actions.” The Scoop offers these two words regarding “confidence” in the “board’s actions”: Foxwoods and SugarHouse. [Inquirer]
Malvern Prep Tries to Hang Onto Ponzi Money. The school, which built a $1 million gym at the urging of now-disgraced financier Joseph Forte, is resisting a call to return $900,000 — and wants $630,000 more. [Inquirer]
